Bayer must pay $2bn to couple in Monsanto cancer trial, jury rules
San Francisco jury holds makers of Roundup weedkiller responsible for couple contracting non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma
A California jury on Monday awarded more than $2bn to a couple who claimed Bayer AG’s glyphosate-based Roundup weed killer caused their cancer, marking the third consecutive US jury verdict against the company in litigation over the chemical.
The jury in San Francisco superior court in Oakland said the company was liable for plaintiffs Alva and Alberta Pilliod’s contracting non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a spokeswoman for the couple said.